Stewart Mercer
Professor of Primary Care and Multimorbidity

- Usher Institute
- College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine
Contact details
Address
- Street
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Usher Institute – University of Edinburgh
Old Medical School
Teviot Place - City
- Edinburgh
- Post code
- EH8 9AG
Background
Stewart is Professor of Primary Care and Multimorbidity at the University of Edinburgh, and a General Practitioner. He entered medicine as a mature student at Bristol University after an early career in basic science including PhD studies at Cambridge University, and post-doctoral research at Oxford University. After qualifying as a GP in 1997, he gained a series of CSO Fellowships to develop research skills in primary care. He was Professor of Primary Care Research at Glasgow University (2008-2018) before joining the Usher Institute in January 2019.
Stewart is the current Director of the Scottish School of Primary Care (since 2014), Adjunct Professor of Primary Care Research at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (since 2008) and Honorary Professor at the University of Manchester (since 2019). He was a Visiting Professor at McMasters University in 2018 and the University of Melbourne in 2012.
Responsibilities & affiliations
Responsibilities at the University of Edinburgh include Co-Convenor of Athena Swan (Deanery of Molecular, Genetics, and Population Health Sciences (from April 2020), Co-Director of Telescot, and Research Lead for the Centre for Homelessness and Inclusive Health. As a core member of the new £20 million Advanced Care Research Centre, Stewart is Deputy Director of the PhD Programme (for CMMV) of the Academy of Leadership and Training, and work-package lead for new models of care.
Research summary
Stewart is recognised internationally for his research on multimorbidity, empathy, and the inverse care law. He is committed to research that includes deprived and under-served communities. He has a particular interest in mental-physical multimorbidity, and non-pharmacological interventions such as mindfulness and compassion-based approaches.
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Unscheduled care pathways in patients with myocardial infarction in Scotland
In:
Heart
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Accepted/In press) -
Development of the Italian version of the Consultation and Relational Empathy (CARE) measure: translation, internal reliability, and construct validity in patients undergoing rehabilitation after total hip and knee arthroplasty
(6 pages)
In:
Disability and rehabilitation, pp. 1-6
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/09638288.2022.2037742
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print) -
Italian version of the Consultation and Relational Empathy (CARE) Measure: translation, reliability and factor analysis in patients undergoing rehabilitation after total hip and knee arthroplasty
In:
Disability and rehabilitation
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Accepted/In press) -
Understanding barriers to adherence to optimal treatment of elevated blood pressure and hypertension: insights from primary care
In:
JAMA Network Open, vol. 4
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.38651
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Comment/debate (Published) -
Association of Oral Health with Multimorbidity among Older Adults: Findings from the Longitudinal Ageing Study in India, Wave-1, 2017–2019
In:
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, vol. 18
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182312853
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Assessing the implementation and effectiveness of the Electronic Patient Reported Outcome Tool for Seniors with Complex Care Needs: Mixed Methods Study
In:
Journal of medical Internet research, vol. 23
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2196/29071
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Follow-up care delivery in community-based hypertension and type 2 diabetes management: a multi-centre, survey study among rural primary care physicians in China
In:
BMC Family Practice, vol. 22
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12875-021-01564-z
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Telephone triage of young adults with chest pain: population analysis of NHS24 calls in Scottish unscheduled care
In:
Emergency Medicine Journal
DOI: https://doi.org/dx.doi.org/10.1136/emermed-2020-210594
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Excessive polypharmacy and potentially inappropriate prescribing in 147 care-homes: cross-sectional study
In:
BJGP Open
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGPO.2021.0167
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print) -
Exploring the relationship between the usability of a goal-oriented mobile health application and non-usage attrition in patients with multimorbidity: a blended data analysis approach
In:
Digital Health, vol. 7
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/20552076211045579
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published)